You don’t need to access any menu system, just put the SACD into your player and press the play button, a lot of Blu-Ray players will play SACD’S without a problem, the sony player I mentioned in a SACD player though I should warn you that at $99 I don’t know how good it would be, I am thinking of buying something cheap for the den to do the job where quality isn’t an issue with that sort of thing as I already have quality components, I have the DAC and so on.
> On 30 Mar 2015, at 3:27 am, John Gurd <j.g...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > Hi Dane, > > I didn't realise SAD's could do multi-channel recordings. I have a few BluRay > audio recordings which sound great but only one is multi-channal. While they > sound great you still have to use a menu system to access them just as if > they were BluRay video. I wish there were more multi-channel recordings > around but there seem to be very few even for contempory output. > > I am thinking of upgrading my ancient BluRay Sony player as it is clunky and > slow. Which Dennon player did you get? > > John > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane > Trethowan > Sent: 27 March 2015 00:05 > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: SACD'S > > Hi! > > Been a good while since I've sat down and had a listen to my small collection > of Super Audio CD'S, I had an old Pioneer DVD Player which handled them > however that player is not compatible with any of the newer equipment I own > so SACD'S had to wait until I could afford to buy a compatible player. > > The compatible player arrived in the form of a Denon Blu-Ray player about 3 > weeks ago ,time to take some time out from the grind, put my feet up and > listen again. > > There's no doubt about it in my view, the upgraded player for SACD'S was > certainly worth the while given that each channel of the audio is now > digitally delivered to the Denon Surround-Sound receiver, each channel being > delivered via its own speaker rather than having to rely on processing to do > the same job, the old Pioneer player would also deliver the channels to each > speaker but in an Analogue mode and you can certainly pick the difference. > > The Pioneer player connected to a multi channel amp or Surround-Sound > receiver by the use of multiple VCA connecting cords, one lead for each > channel and the connection couldn't be done digitally even though the Pioneer > had a Digital out connection - two in fact - they would allow the streaming > of standard Audio or Surround-Sound audio and not from SACD. > > The Denon player on the other hand is completely digital for everything, one > HDMI connection handles up to 8 channels of audio, HD 4K video - if available > - and all the other controlling stuff that HDMI is capable of, certainly > makes life one hell of a lot easier connecting HDMI devices rather than doing > things the traditional way with RCA and other cords. > > I guess you're all wondering, what's the use of me getting SACD'S if I can > only play them on a compatible player? That's true if you want to enjoy the > multi channel benefits of SACD however a SACD will play in standard stereo > mode quite happily in a standard CD Player. > > Time to get back to my Jeff Waynes Super Audio CD Version of War Of The > worlds, the classic double album from 1978. > > > -- > > ********** > Those who need help are those who are prepared to help themselves > > >
